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HINGE

Unique ID: WMID2801

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

This hinge is a small and insubstantial, i.e. the hinge is not designed to support anything, for example a caskets or even a book. One plate is shaped in plan as a pointed trefoil. The central leaf has a circular hole, presumably the mounting point. The trefoil is decorated by a border of circular indentations. The hinge itself is circular in section and is formed by the sheet metal curled around an axis bar. The second plate is sub-rectangular shape in plan and is longer then the hinge. The plate is cracked and fragile. There are traces of gilding on the upper surfaces on the two plates.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16.91 mm
Width: 16.3 mm
Thickness: 2.72 mm
Weight: 1.16 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Tamworth (District)
To be known as: STAFFORDSHIRE TAMWORTH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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